Butler Snow is pleased to announce 75 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers, and 31 have been selected as Mid-South Rising Stars.
“Our attorneys continue to enrich the delivery of client service excellence across each of our offices and practice areas,” said Donald Clark, Jr., chairman, Butler Snow. “We are honored and proud to have so many attorneys be recognized by Super Lawyers.”
The 75 attorneys named as 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers are:
Birmingham:
James C. Barton, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Christopher S. Berdy, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Gulfport:
Michael B. Hewes, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Michael C. McCabe, Jr., Business Litigation
Paul S. Murphy, Bankruptcy: Business
Memphis:
James E. (Jeb) Bailey III, Bankruptcy: Business
Robert L. Crawford, Business Litigation
Charles C. Harrell, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Frank M. Holbrook, Business Litigation
Eric E. Hudson, Class Action
David P. Jaqua, Employment & Labor
Michael I. Less, Construction Litigation
Melody McAnally, Business Litigation
Charles F. (Chip) Morrow, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Randall D. Noel, Business Litigation
Amy M. Pepke, Civil Litigation: Defense
Todd P. Photopulos, Employment & Labor
Daniel W. Van Horn, Business Litigation
Joseph B. Walker, Estate & Probate
Nashville:
Jason W. Callen, Business Litigation
Kathryn Reed Edge, Banking
John C. Hayworth, Business Litigation
Brian Jackson, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
David L. Johnson, Employment & Labor
Charles I. Malone, Business Litigation
Gayle I. Malone, Jr., Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
Anita Modak-Truran, Entertainment & Sports
William R. (Bill) O’Bryan, Jr., Business Litigation
Harold Pinkley, Employment Litigation: Defense
Kara E. Shea, Employment & Labor
Robert L. Trentham, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Robert J. (Bob) Walker, Business Litigation
Joseph F. Welborn III, Business Litigation
Oxford:
Paul V. Cassisa, Jr., Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Kari L. Sutherland, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Ridgeland:
Phil B. Abernethy, Construction Litigation
Paula Graves Ardelean, Employment & Labor
Ryan Beckett, Business Litigation
Barber Boone, Business Litigation
Fred E. (Trey) Bourn III, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Don B. Cannada, Real Estate
Tommie S. Cardin, Administrative Law
Donald Clark, Jr., Government Finance
John A. (Jack) Crawford, Jr., Business Litigation
Paul N. Davis, Business Litigation
Richard M. Dye, General Litigation
Stephen C. Edds, Government Finance
John F. England, Government Finance
William M. Gage, Personal Injury – General: Defense
Mark W. Garriga, Administrative Law
Charles E. Griffin, Business Litigation
Tray Hairston, Government Finance
Steven M. Hendrix, Real Estate
John C. Henegan, Business Litigation
Donna Brown Jacobs, Appellate
Troy Johnston, Government Finance
Alyson B. Jones, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Christy D. Jones, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Brian C. Kimball, Business Litigation
Christopher R. Maddux, Bankruptcy: Business
Michael E. McWilliams, Business Litigation
Robert A. Miller, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Meade W. Mitchell, Class Action
Lemuel E. (Lem) Montgomery III, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Luther T. Munford, Appellate
Orlando R. Richmond Sr., Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Barney Robinson III, Business Litigation
Stephen W. Rosenblatt, Bankruptcy: Business
Phillip S. Sykes, Business Litigation
Timothy M. Threadgill, Employee Litigation: Defense
James B. Tucker, Criminal defense: White Collar
Paul Varner, Tax
Thad W. Varner, Government Finance
Benjamin M. Watson, Business Litigation
Joshua J. Wiener, Business Litigation
The 31 attorneys selected as 2017 Mid-South Rising Stars are:
Birmingham:
Austin A. Averitt, Real Estate
Matthew A. Barley, Business Litigation
Margaret H. Loveman, Business Litigation
Alan D. Mathis, Civil Litigation: Defense
Katie T. Powell, General Litigation
Gulfport:
Meta C. Danzey, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Memphis:
Cara Baer, Mergers & Acquisitions
Diana M. Comes, Business Litigation
Marianne C. Garner, Health Care
Adam M. Langley, Securities & Corporate Finance
Michael C. McLaren, Business Litigation
Gadson William (Will) Perry, Business Litigation
Nashville:
Beau C. Creson, Business Litigation
Hart Knight, Environmental
Paige Ayres Nutini, Civil Rights
Lauren Patten, Business Litigation
Erin Palmer Polly, Civil Litigation: Defense
Adam G. Smith, Mergers & Acquisitions
Travis B. Swearingen, Business Litigation
Ridgeland:
Elizabeth Lambert Clark, Government Finance
John H. Dollarhide, Business Litigation
Haley Fowler Gregory, Business Litigation
Matthew H. Grenfell, Real Estate
Kyle V. Miller, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Christopher D. Morris, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Kenneth A. Primos III, Business/Corporate
Adam J. Spicer, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Ashley Nader Stubbs, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
William P. (Will) Thomas, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Keishunna Webster, General Litigation
Ashley N. Wicks, Tax
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the state or region and the ABA-accredited law school libraries.